All entries can be placed in this thread or e-mailed. Any posts not containing an entry, or not staying within these rules will be removed at the end of the contest to leave only the individual entries.

The winner will be selected by STO Admiral Aaron

**If selected as a winner, please select a Federation toon to be placed into the Star Trek Online Foundry Mission REDACTED 13. You give me permission to use the likeness and the name of your toon in the mission. I promise I won’t kill them off. You will need to e-mail me the pictures of your character settings. (Face/Body/Upper and Lower) from the tailor or foundry character creator.**

These screenshots can be your chance to showcase your skills as a designer with custom UI placement, special effects, photography style filters or anything you can produce to wow me..

Contest Closes Dec 14th, 2014 12:01PM EST

Basic Rules:
One entry per toon per player.
All entry images must be submitted in JPEG form.
All submitted images must be made of only material from Star Trek Online.
No images containing visual material from the TV/Movies, outside artwork or any licensed material from any other source will be excepted.
No custom 3D models or textures can be used in this contest. The image must contain in-game material.
Keep it classy Star Trek fans.

Instructions on How To Create A Screenshot & Insert It Here:

Images should be of high resolution quality. Recommended method:
Type “/renderscale 2” into your chat window before taking your image
Type “/screenshot” to take image
This will create a large TGA file in the directory listed below that can be converted via Photoshop to 1920×1200.
If you wish to utilize another method like “Print Screen” you will want to turn off your HUD visuals by hitting Shift +F12
(you will find your images in C:\Program Files (x86)\Perfect World Entertainment\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online\Live\screenshots on most PC computers)

Ok, so I’m going to basically blame this all on CaptPFDennis here (its not really his fault, but he needs some blaming because Filbones isn’t around regularly enough anymore to point a finger at). The winner has been chosen and he is <drumroll>

Chaddy18!

Unto him shall be bestowed the TalShiar Ship. Everyone else who participated though check your mail, you should have a goodie or 2 contained within.

Thanks to everyone participating and thanks for your patience!

Also stayed tuned, PrimetimeUGC returns to the netwaves shortly(today as long as everything goes to plan) with a new episode! (Yeah we stopped slacking on that one too)

Congratulations to @RemairTamec for winning the Foundry Challenge #7 – Shuttle Challenge. Good job to all authors for entries in the Shuttle Challenge and I can’t wait to see and Review Foundry Challenge #8.

“Rellimtime’s Foundry Mission Review” will continue on future Foundry Challenges; I will also be covering future New Spotlight Missions.

In a thread at the STO forum, BranFlakes agreed to the sentiment expressed by HippieJohn and others:

Challenge #8 will be postponed until further notice, unfortunately.

Fortunately, we are working on resolutions to many of the big, outstanding Foundry issues (crashes, KDF creation, etc.) and hope to have those live in an upcoming patch. Watch for patch notes and updates from Frost!

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

As a participant in the last challenge, I think this is a wise move. Challenge #7 was pretty much ruined by bugs, downtime, a loss of votes, and a general lack of participation post LoR. Beware of the Foundry Challenge.

The incident with Admiral Zelle has left the Federation on a precarious edge with the Romulan Star Empire. With a rising rebellion in the form of the Romulan Republic and the beginning of diplomatic relations between the two nations, forces in the shadows may try to stop it before it gets too far.

This review has spoilers; if you do not want spoilers then do not continue to read this review.

While on a standard patrol, an eyes-only message is received by the Captain. The Omega Protocol has been activated. You are to travel to the Pilatus system and from there rendezvous with the U.S.S Ursa Major for further orders.

This review has spoilers; if you do not want spoilers then do not continue to read this review.

You have been selected for the prestigious Alpha Flight course, the Federation’s most elite pilot training program. Drawn from around the Federation and its allies, Alpha Flight pushes the quadrant’s best pilots to their limits. As stakes rise, egos clash and safety protocols are pushed to the wayside, you realize not everyone is cut out for the course, and only a handful will graduate to receive the golden wings. Will you be another dropout, a line on a memorial plaque, or will you meet the challenge and prove that you are the best pilot the Federation has to offer?

This review has spoilers; if you do not want spoilers then do not continue to read this review.

After a tough mission in which you cooperated with the Enterprise-F, you and your crew go back to earth for a shore leave. Since you have no specific plan for the holiday, when your bridge officers invite you to join a hologram small craft racing game, you accept their offer. It was all enjoyable at first, but then it goes wrong and you suddenly realize that you are now in something more than a simulation…

This review has spoilers; if you do not want spoilers then do not continue to read this review.

Editor’s note: This review is the first in a series of Foundry Challenge reviews. Please encourage Rellim to continue with his review series.

Mission Title : Beneath the Skin

Author : @P_Sutherland

Faction : Federation

Level Requirement : 16+

Requirements : Shuttle Based Mission

Introduction:

While your ship is in port being repaired and upgraded. Starfleet wants you to re-chart a system inside the Delta Volanis Cluster. The last ship to visit the system was a colony freighter in 2398. Since then the Federation colony has received few guests. Head into the Delta Volanis Cluster to begin your mission. A routine assignment. What could go wrong?

This review has spoilers; if you do not want spoilers then do not continue to read this review.

In the official announcement, BranFlakes sends us forth in our shuttles to pick a winner. Go forth and play these missions! From today until Wednesday, May 29th at 10AM PDT, voting will be open.

So, without future ado, here is the list of entrants (along with the background story):Small Craft Escapades

For this Foundry Challenge, create a mission that features content designed for and around a player being in a small craft (shuttle, fighter, etc). There is no background story you must build off of, so feel free to get as creative as you’d like.
Foundry Challenge #7 Entry Missions:

Mission Title: Beneath the SkinPlayer @Handle: @P_SutherlandFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 16+Mission Summary: While your ship is in port being repaired and upgraded. Starfleet wants you to re-chart a system inside the Delta Volanis Cluster. The last ship to visit the system was a colony freighter in 2398. Since then the Federation colony has received few guests. Head into the Delta Volanis Cluster to begin your mission.

A routine assignment. What could go wrong?

Note: This mission is designed for a single player.

Mission Title: Inner SpacePlayer @Handle: @rsmudgerFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 31+Mission Summary: A huge Zone of Darkness has been detected deep within Cardassian Space on a direct course that intercepts many highly populated planets from Cardassia Prime to New Romulas.

It is so vast it shifts the gravity-well of local stars and can block out all sensor readings in and around entire star systems.

Visual recordings of the engulfed star have revealed there IS a body at the center of this veil and several Cardassian ships have gone missing attempting to intercept it.

Now Starfleet has made it ‘your turn’ to face this Goliath, What lies at the center of this blackness, why is it destroying life and are you ready to go where no man has gone before?

Mission Title: ProtectorPlayer @Handle: @terinvortaFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: AnyMission Summary: A temporal anomaly has appeared on the edge of Sector 001, broadcasting a distress call.Your mission? Find and save the originator of the distress call. But all is not as it appears…

Mission Title: You don’t know when it’s realPlayer @Handle: @CiphertuesdayFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 31+Mission Summary: After a tough mission in which you cooperated with the Enterprise-F, you and your crew go back to earth for a shore leave. Since you have no specific plan for the holiday, when your bridge officers invite you to join a hologram small craft racing game, you accept their offer. It was all enjoyable at first, but then it goes wrong and you suddenly realize that you are now in something more than a simulation…

Mission Title: Alpha FlightPlayer @Handle: @RemairTamecFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 31+Mission Summary: You have been selected for the prestigious Alpha Flight course, the Federation’s most elite pilot training program. Drawn from around the Federation and it’s allies, Alpha Flight pushes the quadrant’s best pilots to their limits. As stakes rise, egos clash and safety protocols are pushed to the wayside you realise not everyone is cut out for the course, and only a handful will graduate to receive the golden wings. Will you be another dropout, a line on a memorial plaque or will you meet the challenge and prove that you are the best pilot the Federation has to offer?.

Mission Title: Uninvited GuestsPlayer @Handle: @sirboulevardFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 16+Mission Summary: The incident with Admiral Zelle has left the Federation on a precarious edge with the Romulan Star Empire. With a rising rebellion in the form of the Romulan Republic and the beginning of diplomatic relations between the two nations, forces in the shadows may try to stop it before it gets too far.

Mission Title: Shadows of OmegaPlayer @Handle: @fnordbearFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: 16+Mission Summary: While on a standard patrol an eyes-only message is received by the Captain. The Omega Protocol has been activated. You are to travel to the Pilatus system and from there rendezvous with the U.S.S Ursa Major for further orders.

Mission Title: Cloaked LoyaltiesPlayer @Handle: @edwinsterlingFaction: FederationLevel Requirement: Not ListedMission Summary: A strange request sends you, just you on a shuttle mission deep into the heart of Romulan Space.

Will YOU return at all

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Feel free to continue using this thread to discuss the missions above.

Good luck to all of our authors, and for our reviewers, have fun and boldly go!

Huge congratulations are in order to our winning Foundry mission for Challenge #6…

“Depths of Nukara Prime” by @P_Sutherland

Faction: FederationLevel Requirement: 31+Mission Summary: Civilian traffic in the Eta Eridni neutral zone has been caught in the violent clashes with the Tholian Assembly in the Nukara system. When the crew of a freighter abandon ship, their only choice for survival means entering Nukara primes atmosphere, would you expect some to survive in a Class Y environment?

Congratulations! Watch your in-game mail for your prize. Also, your mission will be featured in the Spotlight on the Foundry in the near future.
Our runners up, a three-way tie for second place, were…

“Crystallization” by @afalconer, “404 Error: Admiral Not Found” by @dougglendower and “The Tangled Webs We Weave” by @ashtaku!

In third place was “Wibbly Wobbly Earth” by @SBCouto.
Congratulations to everyone! You all did amazing work with this challenge and we can’t wait to see what you come up with for Foundry Challenge #7!

For more information on Foundry Challenge #6, check out this news post.